WBB Takeaways: MU struggles guarding Providence’s Nogic

Photo by Brian GeorgesonProvidence 66, Marquette 64

Team Leaders:

Points: Allazia Blockton (17)

Rebounds: Erika Davenport (6)

Assists: McKayla Yentz (4)

Clash of Styles

Tonight’s game was a stylistic battle of wills — and Providence won.

Marquette, known for turning a basketball game into a series of successive foot races, failed to register a single point in the fast break. Instead of racing down the court and finding looks early in the shot clock, the Golden Eagles slogged through Providence’s stout half-court defense and averaged an unusually sluggish 18 seconds per possession.

Providence, on the other hand, relished Marquette’s molasses pace. The Friars allow only 61.4 points per game, good for…